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<br />0189 . <br /> <br />COLORADO RIVER ASSOCIATION <br />417 South Hill Street <br />Los Angeles, California 90013 <br />Phone: 626-4621 <br /> <br />~r:-~,,.,,,'rl\\[lr/'" <br />p::'.<r, ..,"1 'i~ <br />U ~ i...:.", ~.} '...., I:; L' . II <br /> <br />July 12, 1966 <br /> <br />J' " ,- I ~-r <br />U_ l')l;tJ <br /> <br />GJ:..oJ. ';;/;If.R <br />CONSERVATION BOARD <br /> <br />IMMEDIATE RELEASE <br /> <br />"The State of California and every California organization <br /> <br />accepting responsibility for maintaining an adequate supply of water--- <br /> <br />and paying for it---favors the Colorado River Basin Project legislation <br /> <br />now pending in Congress, HR 467l. <br /> <br />"The Sierra Club, which opposes that bill, does not speak for <br /> <br />California. It is a national organization and has only 40,000 <br /> <br />members from coast to coast. The Sierra Club represents no interest <br /> <br />anywhere, moreover, which is willing to pledge repayment of costs of <br /> <br />dams and aqueducts needed to maintain the economic well-being of <br /> <br />California, Arizona and other States of the Southwest which depend upon <br /> <br />the river." <br /> <br />These points were made today by Philip Corrin, president of the <br /> <br />Colorado River Association, to correct the record in the controversy <br /> <br />over legislation to authorize construction of Hualapai Dam and Marble <br /> <br />Canyon Dam. These two dams are essential to help repay US funds <br /> <br />advanced to finance the water project endorsed by the seven Governors <br /> <br />of California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming and New Mexico, <br /> <br />Corrin said. <br /> <br />The legislation now pending in Congress is supported by the <br />California State Chamber of Commerce, the Irrigation Districts Assn. of <br /> <br />california, the Feather River Project Association, the Los Angeles <br /> <br />Chamber of Commerce, the Colorado River Board of California, the Metro- <br /> <br />politan Water District, the Los Angeles Dept. of Water & Power, the San <br /> <br />Diego County Water Authority, the Imperial Irrigation Dist., the <br /> <br />Coachella Valley County Water Dist., the Palo Verde Irrigation Dist., <br /> <br />and the Colorado River Association, among others. <br /> <br />-hbr- <br />